According to the report of website of office of Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, His holiness reminded the seminary and university professors to let the youths to ask their questions and added: the clergy and university brothers shall let the youths to ask their questions, because all of us knew nothing when we were borne, but our unknown areas were gradually changed to known through questioning.
His holiness continued: There are two verses in the Holy Quran in which it is explicitly ordered to question. The people of remembrance in the both verses refer to Imams and Prophet’s Household, because they are the most knower and perfect of the sage.
The Marja’ of Shiite said: Our youths shall not be ashamed to ask their questions, because we have two kinds of shame and embarrassment: the wise embarrassment and foolish embarrassment. The former applies to the case when one observes a sin, and is embarrassed and closes his eyes, and the latter applies to the case when one does not know something and is embarrassed to ask his question. Therefore, one shall be brave for asking question.
His holiness continued: There are two verses in the Holy Quran in which it is explicitly ordered to question. The people of remembrance in the both verses refer to Imams and Prophet’s Household, because they are the most knower and perfect of the sage.
The Marja’ of Shiite said: Our youths shall not be ashamed to ask their questions, because we have two kinds of shame and embarrassment: the wise embarrassment and foolish embarrassment. The former applies to the case when one observes a sin, and is embarrassed and closes his eyes, and the latter applies to the case when one does not know something and is embarrassed to ask his question. Therefore, one shall be brave for asking question.
At the end, His holiness stated two narrations implying the significance of question and answer in the society specially by the youths, and said: The honorable Prophet of Islam (s.a.) says: Knowledge is a treasure and question is the key of this treasure. And also Amiralmomenin (a.s.) says: None of you shall be embarrassed and shall ask anything which does not know.
